From the comments: Steve Gunn

You may have missed Steve Gunn's Oct. 14 column where he rated the candidates in the governor's debate. Here's what some of our readers had to say:

Commenter Muskegon Critic thinks voters are responding to Bernero following the debate:

I prefer Bernero, but Snyder is okay, too. Snyder's amenable
to renewable energy and I like his views on controlling urban sprawl.

One thing Mr. Gunn is wrong about, though, is that voters responded
UNfavorably to Bernero's presentation overall. In fact, Bernero jumped
up between 8 and 12 points in polling post-debate. Now...he's still
dismally behind, by about 7 to 11 points (depending on the poll). But
the debate definitely did him some good.

Just the other day there was a Snyder ad on during the news
where Rick Snyder blamed the unemployment in Michigan to the Michigan
Business Tax. Job loss was rampant from 2001 through 2010 while the
Michigan Business Tax did not exist until 2009. If Snyder is that out of
touch with reality he does not need to be our governor.

Commenter weasel899 doesn't believe Democrats are to blame for the state's condition

"He never mentioned that Bernero comes from the party that has dominated state government for the last eight horrific years."

He probably didn't mention that because you made it up, Mr. Gunn. At
no point in the last 8 years did Democrats control both houses of the
legislature. That means every single bill that was passed was approved
by Republicans. Getting us into this mess was a bipartisan effort.